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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (12 Oct 2021)

James Browne: In response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), written representations have been submitted on behalf of the person concerned. These representations, together with all other information and documentation on file, will be fully considered, under Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) and all other applicable...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (12 Oct 2021)

James Browne: The Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 2019 was commenced on 1 December 2020, with all sections coming into effect. As the Deputy will recall, there was extensive debate on this Act during its passage through the Oireachtas. The then Minister of State received many representations from a range of stakeholders at the time and these were extensively discussed and publicised. The 2019...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Programmes (12 Oct 2021)

James Browne: The Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) was introduced in April 2012 to encourage inward investment and create business and employment opportunities in the State. The programme provides investors with the opportunity to invest in Ireland. Key to the programme is that the investments are beneficial for Ireland, generate or sustain employment and are generally in the public interest. To date,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (12 Oct 2021)

James Browne: An application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy on 26 February 2021. This application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. The granting of Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (12 Oct 2021)

James Browne: The person referred to by the Deputy has permission to remain in the State, on immigration stamp 1 conditions, without a requirement to obtain an employment permit, up to 21 January 2022. Future renewals of the permission to remain granted should be applied for six weeks in advance of the permission expiring to the Acknowledgments Unit, Repatriation Division, Immigration Service Delivery,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Oct 2021)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 460 and 461 together. As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible, by law, for the administration and management of Garda business, including the operation of the statutory Garda Youth Diversion Programme. As Minister, I play no role in these independent functions. The aim of the Garda Youth Diversion Programme is to prevent...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (12 Oct 2021)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 463 and 464 together. I am deeply conscious of how important the granting of naturalisation is to those who apply for it and my Department has continued to accept and process citizenship applications throughout the pandemic and at all levels of public health restrictions. However, the combined impact of the 2019 Jones judgment and the necessary health and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (7 Oct 2021)

James Browne: The Justice Plan 2021 identifies the enactment of legislation to licence and regulate the gambling industry as a key objective. Work on the General Scheme of the Gambling Bill is at an advanced stage. The Programme for Government gives a clear commitment to establish a gambling regulator focused on public safety and well-being, covering gambling online and in person, and the powers to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (7 Oct 2021)

James Browne: It is open to the person referred to by the Deputy to apply for a change of immigration status from Stamp 3 to Stamp 4 if they meet the criteria for doing so. Further information on the criteria for changing immigration permission, including instructions on how to change permission are available on the Immigration Service website at:...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (7 Oct 2021)

James Browne: In early 2019 the International Protection Office began exploring options to facilitate international protection interviews outside Dublin using video conference technology. One of the options explored was a building in Cork City which was due to be vacated by the Probation Service which is under the remit of my Department. I am informed that following testing of systems in the spring of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (7 Oct 2021)

James Browne: The person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 1 February 2019. However, they made a request on 23 October 2020, under section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to have that Order revoked and this will be considered as soon as possible. The decision will be that the existing Deportation Order will be either ‘affirmed’ or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Humanitarian Access (7 Oct 2021)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 358 and 359 together. I am very conscious of the plight faced by the Afghan people following the collapse of the former Afghan government and the takeover by the Taliban, that has further fuelled the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Ireland's national response to the current crisis includes opening the Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (6 Oct 2021)

James Browne: The Deputy will wish to note that I introduced the Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Bill 2021 on 16 September 2021. The purpose of this Bill is to implement EU framework decision 2008/909/JHA on the mutual recognition of judgments in criminal matters imposing custodial sentences and other measures involving deprivation of liberty. The implementation of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (6 Oct 2021)

James Browne: An application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy on 11 February 2020. This application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. The granting of Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (5 Oct 2021)

James Browne: In response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), written representations have been submitted on behalf of the person concerned. These representations, together with all other information and documentation on file, will be fully considered, under Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) and all other applicable...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (5 Oct 2021)

James Browne: My Department has taken a pragmatic and compassionate approach to immigration and international protection arrangements in the context of COVID-19 and will continue to do so for as long as is necessary. For those who are in the international protection process, our objective is to have decisions made on their applications, including the permission to remain consideration, as soon as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (5 Oct 2021)

James Browne: My Department has responsibility for immigration-related matters, including the entry and residence conditions of non-EEA students and continually consults and engages with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, among other key sectoral stakeholders, in this area. Their primary purpose for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (5 Oct 2021)

James Browne: The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. All applications for a certificate of naturalisation are processed and assessed individually in line with the eligibility criteria set out under the Act. A determination on whether an applicant satisfies the statutory criteria attendant to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (5 Oct 2021)

James Browne: As the Deputy is aware, the Atypical Working Scheme (AWS) was established as a cross Departmental response to address the matter of non-EEA workers on certain categories of vessels in the Irish fishing fleet, who are not currently eligible for permission under the employment permit system of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE). The Scheme provided, for the first time, a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (5 Oct 2021)

James Browne: The immigration permission of the person referred to by the Deputy is extended to 15 January 2022 in line with the final extension of immigration permissions, which Minister Humphreys and I announced on 15 September last. This measure provides certainty to anyone who already holds a valid permission, including those in the State on visitor conditions, like the person concerned, that their...